Renewable Energy World Africa to launch in November

Renewable Energy World Africa will be launched alongside POWER-GEN Africa 2012 at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg on 6-8 November 2012, with a dedicated conference stream featuring three days of presentations and debate about the strategic challenges and technical solutions for expanding renewable energy power generation across sub-Saharan Africa.

It joins an existing network of leading Renewable Energy World events in North America, Europe, Asia, India & Central Asia. This event will be owned and managed by PennWell and supported by Renewable Energy World magazine, as well as Power Engineering International (PEi), and Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production (COSPP) publications.

Exhibitors will have a dedicated pavilion on the show floor, which will be a focus of expertise and global technological excellence in the green energy sector.

"Countries in sub-Saharan Africa today face a collective power deficit with the prospect of fast growing future demand. Renewable power generation offers huge potential to help close this gap in a continent with abundant renewable resources and space. With technology advancing quickly and manufacturing costs lowering, renewable power generation will play a big role in a new energy infrastructure in Africa offering solutions in both rural distributed applications and large-scale projects such as hydropower, CSP, wind and biomass," said Nigel Blackaby, the event director & director conference for PennWell's International Power Group

This new industry forum will feature leading renewable energy industry professionals from around the world who will share their expertise and experiences to help define Africa's renewable energy sector of the future. With POWER-GEN Africa set to become the region's premier conference dedicated to the power industry, this expo will provide the perfect setting for industry leaders and decision-makers to network and keep abreast of the latest developments in the sub-Saharan region.

"Both will feature strategic and technical conference sessions and a targeted trade show in which the focus will be on practical solutions to address Africa's power needs, based on the best available global ideas and technologies," said Blackaby.

Both will have particular focus on driving international attention to the region and encouraging growth of international and domestic companies doing business within sub-Saharan Africa. Through a series of blended sessions and panel discussions, specific emphasis will be given to the tremendous opportunities in this fast-growing region.

For more details, go to www.powergenafrica.com.